 Cardiff is celebrating 100 years of being a city |
Cardiff council is to cut �240,000 from spending on centenary celebrations for the city, as part of a package of budget savings. The authority has agreed savings of �9.2m, to prevent a rise in council taxes.
However, residents in some areas will still see bills rise by 22% because properties have been rebanded.
The council has also cut spending by �500,000 on agencies and consultants and �30,000 on hospitality.
But it said there would be more spent on schools, street-sweeping and recycling.
Council leader Rodney Berman said the authority had to make some "very hard choices" and agreed to the cut only because of the "very strong threat of capping" from the assembly government.
"Because of this, the council was forced to cut �3.4m from the plans previously agreed by the council's executive," he said.
Mr Berman added that the council would see what it could "salvage" to provide a programme of celebrations for the city's 100th anniversary and the golden jubilee of the Welsh capital.
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